The Board denied the appellant's request for an earlier effective date of May 1, 1996 for DIC benefits based on service connection for the cause of her husband's death. The decision found that no new evidence was submitted and that the claim had not been appealed in a timely manner.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no basis to establish an earlier effective date due to the appellant's failure to appeal the November 1991 denial of her original claim within one year of the veteran's death, and because she did not submit new evidence or appeal the decision in a timely manner.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic degenerative arthritis of the right knee, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2000
- Citation
- 0014592
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What this means for you
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